Open Water Diver in Thailand

If you want to learn to dive then the Open Water Diver course is the first stage. The course normally takes about 4 days and is a mixture of learning the basics about diving, learning and practising the basic skills in confined water and finally really getting your feet wet with some open water dives to test out your new knowledge and skills.

What You Learn:-
* Study and understand the basic principles of scuba diving.
* Learn and practise basic skills in confined water.
* Review your skills and knowledge in open water dives.

Our packages include all the costs of diving and courses for 1 person and accommodation for up to 2 people sharing a Breezy bungalow. If you want to book a different bungalow ask us for prices. Have a look at Castaway Resort to find out more about our accommodation.

Certification: SDI and PADI
Average Course Length: 4 days
No. Confined Dives: 5
No. Open Water Dives: 4

Requirements: Be at least 15 years old for Open Water Diver or 10 years or older for Junior Open Water Diver.
Including Accommodation, prices start at THB 19,125 and vary with season and type of bungalow preferred
During the Low Season we have special prices for young divers (under 25 years old)

In our diving courses we use Aqualung Seaquest Wave BCDs. A Buoyancy Control Device (BCD) is a crucial piece of equipment that any novice diver has to master. The Aqualung Seaquest Wave BCDs are traditional jacket style BCDs and are comfortable, tough and functional. Worldwide they are the BCD of choice for teaching beginners to dive.

For more experienced divers we have Halcyon Wings. No other system in the world provides better balance or less drag. The Halcyon Wings System came from the "Doing-It-Right" diving movement developed by the Global Underwater Explorers (GUE). The DIR system of diving is a holistic system that blends an emphasis on safety with the world's most robust equipment configuration. DIR is internationally renowned for its success, simplicity and safety. More experienced divers love the performance of this configuration and we are the only dive centre on Koh Lipe using the Halcyon Wings.

We take pride in our equipment and service it all personally. Simon our dive shop manager is an ASSET trained SCUBA service technician. We believe that if you take care of your equipment it will take care of you.

(+66)831387472

Itinerary / Highlights

The Open Water course is a 4 day course, which consists of 3 areas:

Theory – 5 Chapters taught with video, text book, knowledge reviews and a quizzes. (Theory can be done in advance, reducing course length to 3 days)

5x Confined water dives (1 for each chapter) for skills training in a sheltered environment.

4x Open water dives for applying skills to normal diving environments

To complete the Open Water course you must be able to swim 200m and float or tread water for 10 minutes.

We try to be as flexible as we can; if possible we try to get students in the water and diving on their first day.

We have small groups, no more than 4 students per instructor.

We include all equipment, learning materials and lunch on the diving days.

We offer Open Water courses from 2 diving organizations: PADI and SDI, the end result is the same but the way the courses are taught differs slightly.

The theory section of the SDI course can be studied independently online in advance allowing the course to be completed in 3 days. This way you spend less time studying and watching videos while you’re here on your holiday. You can go to http://www.sdi-onlinetraining.com/ for more information about this.

Departure Dates, Options & Prices

Certification: SDI and PADI
Average Course Length: 4 days
No. Confined Dives: 5
No. Open Water Dives: 4

Requirements: Be at least 15 years old for Open Water Diver or 10 years or older for Junior Open Water Diver.

(+66)831387472